Implement Yoast SEO breadcrumbs

The following information is written for advanced users and developers.

The steps below are a temporary solution as manual edits made to theme files may be overwritten with future theme updates. Please contact the theme developer for a permanent solution.

We've written an article about the importance of breadcrumbs for SEO. To implement the breadcrumbs function in Yoast SEO, you will have to edit your theme. Copy the following code into your theme where you want the breadcrumbs to be:

Common places where you could place your breadcrumbs are inside your single.php and/or page.php file just above the page's title. Another option that makes it really easy in some themes is by just pasting the code in header.php at the very end.

Enable and Configure the Yoast BreadCrumbs

Yoast SEO offers a breadcrumb feature. This feature is disabled by default as you or your theme developer must add code to your theme files. After that, go to SEO → Search Appearance → Breadcrumbs and enable the breadcrumb feature.

Log in to your WordPress website.

When you're logged in, you will be in your 'Dashboard'.

Click on 'SEO'.

On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on 'SEO'.

Click on 'Search Appearance'.

The ‘SEO’ settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on 'Search Appearance'.